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Best View of Comet Hartley 2 Coming Soon
The comet will be making a close pass by Earth in October, offering sky-watchers a "preview" before a NASA probe's November flyby. ...
Railway to the Sky? NASA Ponders New Launch System
A team of engineers from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and several other field centers, are looking for a launch system that turns a host of cutting-edge technologies into...
Japan Launches Newest Navigation Satellite Into Orbit
Japan launched a new GPS navigation satellite into orbit on Saturday.
Ocean conveyor-belt model stirred up
Analysis of temperature and salinity shakes view of global water flow.
Deadly tides mean early exit for hot Jupiters
Bad news for planet hunters: most of the "hot Jupiters" that astronomers have been searching for in star clusters were likely destroyed long ago by their stars. In a new...
Green Pea Galaxies - Another Win For Citizen Science
Strange so-called Green Pea galaxies were first discovered in 2007 by citizen scientists and it has now been shown that these extraordinary and extremely compact star cities have low amounts...
Nasa Commons: 50 years of photos from the space agency
A new archive contains some wonderful curios and documents how far technology has comeRising gently over the Mojave desert outside Los Angeles, the Gossamer Penguin takes to the skies 40 years ago...
Russia to test Mars lander for 2011 flight
MOSCOW, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Russian scientists say they're preparing to test an unmanned lander for a 2011 mission to Phobos, one of the moons of Mars. ...
David Attenborough in conversation with Richard Dawkins
From mayflys and digital dinosaurs to life on Mars and pre-Cambrian fossils, David Attenborough and Richard Dawkins leave no stone unturned as they discuss the state of science
Searching the Sun for dark matter
Solar neutrinos could provide clear signal of dark matter captured by our star
Gods of science: Stephen Hawking and Brian Cox discuss mind over matter
We paired up Britain's most celebrated scientists to chat about the big issues: the unity of life, ethics, energy, Handel – and the joy of riding a snowmobileProfessor Stephen Hawking, 68, is...
Sun Unleashes Impressive Solar Flare
The sun unleashed a huge solar flare and eruption Sept. 8, but the sun storm is not aimed at Earth.
Rare Shuttle Rollover Photo Op Evokes Sadness, Pride
NASA parked Space Shuttle Discovery outside its hangar for several hours to allow employees to take pictures.
New NASA Probe to Dive-bomb the Sun
With its science payload finalized, Solar Probe Plus is closer to becoming the first craft to directly sample the sun, NASA officials say. ...
Klingon Space Opera Makes Cosmic Debut
Die-hard "Star Trek" fans will want to activate their transporter beams and head to the Netherlands for the debut of an opera sung entirely in the invented Klingon language.
China's Next Moon Probe to Be Faster, Better Than First
China is planning to launch a second moon probe later this year.
Dwarf galaxy evolution: Reionization alone is not able to stop star formation, research shows
New research suggests that reionization alone is not able to stop star formation in dwarf galaxies, as had been expected.
White House Puts Off Solar Enthusiasts
Solar enthusiasts seeking panels on the White House roof are gently rebuffed.
Making massive stars
Massive stars -- those with more than about eight times the mass of the sun -- are arguably the most important actors in the universe. Much hotter and more luminous...
Moonstruck: A September Showcase for Lunar Lovers
The moon has long drawn the eye of nighttime skywatchers, but it will take center stage this month.
UAB Engineering Lifts Off with More Projects for NASA
Engineers at Center for Biophysical Sciences and Engineering earn a $70 million NASA contract renewal to continue to develop and maintain specialized freezers and cooling units that fly aboard the...
First detailed image of disc around young star
New research carried out using ESO telescopes has, for the first time, allowed astronomers to reconstruct a detailed picture of the inner disc of matter around a young star --...
Physicists investigate fate of five-dimensional black strings
(PhysOrg.com) -- While black holes in four-dimensional space-time are stable and can persist for a long time, their higher-dimensional analogues are usually unstable. One such theoretical analogue is a five-dimensional...
Space Colonists Could Use Bacteria to Mine Minerals on Mars and the Moon
Microbes currently are used in mining to help recover metals such as gold, copper and uranium. Now researchers suggest bacteria could be enlisted for "bio-mining" in space , to...
Sea temperatures around Japan hit record high
Japan, which has just endured its hottest summer on record, said Friday it had also last month recorded the warmest sea temperatures since it started gathering comparable data 25 years...
New measurements support water on Mars
TUCSON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Measurements by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander are evidence liquid water has had an impact on the planet's surface throughout its history, U.S. researchers say. ...
Space Photos: Galaxy Laser, Moon Bridge, More
See a galactic garbage truck, the first ever evidence of a natural bridge on the Moon, and more in this week's best space pictures. ...
Giant telescope to survey galaxies from Mexican volcano
A giant telescope, 50 meters (164 feet) across, will this year start unraveling mysteries of the birth and death of galaxies up to 14,000 light years away, from atop a...